Chapter 674 - 670: Disintegration
In the beginning, they often seized the bodies of Princes or those of similar status.
But Princes and higher officials are protected by treasures, leading to more failures than successes, and there’s the oversight of the Observatory.
So they began seizing the bodies of high officials.
High officials had to go to the capital to see the Emperor every year, making them easier to detect.
Although they could do many things in a year, they later found that seizing the bodies of high officials’ children or servants was more effective.
Therefore, the residences of these high officials became the focus of inspections by the Observatory.
Discovering that high officials were not easy to seize and were often detected, they began seizing martial arts experts.
These Martial Arts Sects were easily overlooked by the Observatory, providing opportunities.
Thus, martial arts experts are now the most prone to being seized.
The Imperial City, due to its special nature, has always been a major area for body seizing, but it is also a focal point of inspections by the Observatory.
As a result, instances of body seizing aren’t as numerous.
Unexpectedly, the Great Sky Demons have now fallen to such a level as to want to seize the body of an ordinary person.
The pair walked a dozen steps and saw a wonton stall at the street corner.
There was a clay stove steaming hot with an unassuming, medium-built, simple-looking man standing beside it.
Next to him were four tables and eight benches, simple yet clean, though a bit old.
All four tables were occupied, with people chatting and laughing while waiting for a simple young man to finish cooking wontons.
"Xiao Zeng’s wontons are getting tastier; he’s opened up, it seems."
"Xiao Zeng’s wontons are more authentic than Old Zeng’s; have you learned some secret recipe?"
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The simple young man busied himself cooking wontons, responding with a cheerful smile.
He deftly scooped the wontons into bowls and swiftly served them to the guests.
Then he continued to cook more.
From a dozen steps away, Chu Zhiyuan and Chu Honglin could smell the enticing aroma.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Uncle, how about we have a bowl too?"
Chu Honglin glanced at the simple young man and shook his head slowly, "Let’s not."
He didn’t feel anything unusual but didn’t want to get close to the Heavenly Demon, nor had the appetite to eat.
Chu Zhiyuan shrugged, "Alright, let’s find another place."
The two walked past the wonton stall and continued forward, quickly covering a hundred meters.
The people at the wonton stall paid no mind to the two, merely glancing at them.
The simple young man did the same, remaining unperturbed in his actions.
Once they passed a hundred meters, Chu Zhiyuan and Chu Honglin arrived at a restaurant, sitting at a table by the window with a view of the wonton stall.
After sitting down, Chu Honglin ordered a few dishes and a pot of wine, and they chatted as they ate.
They avoided talking about the Heavenly Demon and spoke of affairs in the martial arts world instead.
Chu Zhiyuan was curious about martial affairs, and Chu Honglin was keen on them too.
He gathered lots of information through various channels and knew much about it.
He spoke endlessly, and Chu Zhiyuan listened with great interest.
They occasionally glanced at the wonton stall until late at night when the wontons were finished.
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Chu Zhiyuan and Chu Honglin stood outside a residence, surveying it.
"Uncle, how should we proceed?" asked Chu Zhiyuan.
"The strength is weak; just kill him directly," Chu Honglin shook his head, "You could finish him yourself."
"I know nothing; let Uncle handle it while I watch," replied Chu Zhiyuan.
"Alright then, go straight in," said Chu Honglin, "I will strike and kill."
"Understood," Chu Zhiyuan responded solemnly.
The two lifted off the ground gently, flipped over the wall, and landed in the small courtyard.
In the courtyard, a fire stove was set up, with the simple young man standing under the moonlight in an odd pose.
The bright moon shone brilliantly.
The moonlight gleamed serenely.
The simple young man was enveloped in a layer of holy white light.
The white light shimmered faintly, like wavering ripples in a lake.
As soon as Chu Honglin appeared, his right fist lit up with a flash of white light and slammed into the simple young man.
The simple young man couldn’t react in time and was sent flying.
Mid-air, another white light smashed into him, sending him horizontally a meter away.
Soon after, another white light struck him.
This time, Chu Zhiyuan had punched him, launching him three meters in the air.
"Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!"
Each flash of white light caused him to spew a stream of blood.
He glared furiously at Chu Zhiyuan and Chu Honglin, his simple face turning hideously fierce under the moonlight, eyes cold and malevolent.
Seeing this, Chu Zhiyuan unleashed another Great Brightness Fist.
"Uncle, this guy is very resilient," noted Chu Zhiyuan.
"He probably has a strange treasure granting him protective ability. It’s not surprising for a Great Sky Demon to have such an item," Chu Honglin said.
"What should we do?"
"Wear him down!" Chu Honglin said coldly, continuing to punch.
Each white light punch made the simple young man rise and fall repeatedly.
The simple young man suddenly threw a streak of black light, incredibly fast, aiming at Chu Zhiyuan.
Chu Honglin was startled, ready to step in front of Chu Zhiyuan to block with his Protective Gang Qi.
But Chu Zhiyuan unexpectedly shifted with astonishing speed, sidestepping a foot to evade the black light.
"Whew..."
He exhaled deeply.
Chu Honglin also breathed a sigh of relief, his expression dark, and he launched double punches, the Light Fists striking more densely, continuously pounding the simple young man.
Chu Zhiyuan stepped back several paces to the door.
Standing there, he could crash through the courtyard gate at any time to evade danger.
He sighed inwardly.
Without the Spiritual Abyss Body Cleansing Record, he might not have been able to dodge that blow.
Very strange.
He hadn’t even sensed the danger.
There were two possibilities.
Either his intuition knew he could dodge, or that the black light wasn’t really dangerous.
Another possibility was that the Great Sky Demon could elude his intuition.
If it were the latter, he’d have to be more cautious.
This meant he couldn’t rely on his danger sense; Against the Heavenly Demon, extra caution was necessary.
"Ha ha..." Suddenly, the simple young man laughed several times.
"Watch out, Uncle, he’s about to go all out," Chu Zhiyuan warned.
This time he sensed danger, meaning he needed to escape further.
He spoke, then turned to open the courtyard gate without having to break it, ready to dart out at any time.
Chu Honglin sneered, "Except for using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, what else can you do? Bring it on!"
"How did you find me?!" the simple young man’s demeanor suddenly calmed, the ferocity disappeared, his voice turning icy.
Chu Honglin retorted, "Such stench, who wouldn’t notice?!"
"Spirit Guard?!" the simple young man suddenly smiled, "So I’ve fallen to the Spirit Guard’s hand, not unjustly!"
Smirking strangely, he continued to speak.
"Boom!"
With a loud sound, the simple young man suddenly turned into a burst of black light shooting in all directions.
Chu Zhiyuan ghosted out of the courtyard, stood beside the gate, using the wall as a shield.
He quickly ghosted three meters away from the wall.
Only to see the wall suddenly soften, then collapse into a pile of rubble.
"Uncle?" Chu Zhiyuan quickly called, seeing Chu Honglin standing straight, white light flickering around him.
"I’m alright," Chu Honglin’s voice was muffled with anger.
Chu Zhiyuan sighed in relief, suddenly sensing something, his hands forming seals, lips moving silently, chanting the Divine Language, while visualizing it in his mind.
A thirty-meter-long and wide golden net suddenly appeared overhead, enveloping around Chu Honglin.
It extended to the spot where the simple young man had turned into black light.